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US-funded Ukrainian radio defends neo-Nazi group, deletes article when called out

US-funded Ukrainian radio defends neo-Nazi group, deletes article when called out | 06 Feb 2019 | Radio Svoboda, the Ukrainian outpost of the US-funded Radio Free Europe, has taken issue with an article in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz critical of local neo-Nazis, only to delete its opus after coming under criticism. Journalist Michael Colborne...himself says he was attacked while covering a gay rights march in Kiev last November. One group singled out by Colborne is C14, a neo-Nazi organization that began as an offshoot of the far-right 'Svoboda' (Freedom) party. Initially known as the National-Social party of Ukraine, Svoboda's politicians have described the party as "the last hope of the white race," approvingly quoted from 'Mein Kampf’ in council meetings, and organized militant summer camps for children -- training the young ones to play games, climb mountains, and shoot at Russians.